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BI 150 Dan Nicholson: Machines, Organisms, Processes
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How Do You Read History of Science?
I know that you read a lot of historical literature because history is almost central to your philosophical endeavors. How do you mine for these ideas that are connected to what you're trying to write about? Well, I mean, for me, it's always seemed natural when thinking about science to think about the evolution of the ideas that I'm dealing with. And so I've always had that sensibility towards history. It can't imagine doing philosophy of biology without also doing history of biology because it helps me situate the debate that I'm engaging in.
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